Partition-support.



C. F. ROTHWEILER.

PARTITION SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1915.

Patented May 23,1916.

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. ATTORNEY THB COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Cm, YLAEIINGTON D c l ImIEN OF -Ycnnnnns F: aotnwm'ma, or sEArTnE. WASHINGTON.

, To all whom it may concern l nnrrrron-surronr.

, Patented May 23,- 1916.

Application filed ma 24, 1915; 7, Serial No. 30,640.

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. ROTH- ai man, a citizen of th'Unit'edStates, re

siding at Seattle, in the county of Kingand State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Partition- Supports, ofwhichthe following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to supports for partitions which are employed todivide bins,

drawers, etc., into compartments; and its object is the provision ofdevices of this character which will be of simple and inexpensiveconstruction and adapted to be conveniently applied with practicallylittle loss of space.

The invention consists in the novel construction and adaptation of ametallic strip which is rolled or bent into channel shape andprovided'with a novel form of securing devices.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a drawer divided by partitionswhich are secured by supports embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section through 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailvertical section through 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4' is a perspective view ofa channel bar which provides partition supports by cutting the same intosuitable lengths.

In carrying out my invention, I form the partition supports from a stripof tin plate or other suitable material, which is rolled or bent into achannel shaped bar to provide a web member 5'with series of flange arearranged in spaced pairs and affording portions of the web membertherebetween which are unprovided with flange elements. The web ispunched from the channel side and intermediate the adjacent pairs offlanges with a plurality of holes .7 and between the latter aredesirably punched other holes 8. By punching said holes from within thechannel sides of the bar, the material thus struck out furnishes bars orannular studs 7 and 8 for the purpose'to be presently described.

I will explain the use of the supports with reference to a drawer havinga front wall 9, side walls 10 and a bottom 11. To divide the drawerlongitudinally, a transverse partition 12 is out to a length equal tothe distance between the side walls 10 of the drawer less thethicknesses of the web members 5 of two supports. The stock Fig. 4) isthen cut ofl, as indicated in broken lines wa1 of a length from theoutermost ends, as 6 of the first pair of flange elements, to the ends,as 6 remote therefrom, ofthe pair of flange elements which will bewithin a length equal to or less than the inside depth of the drawer.

' The support thus cut from the channel bar will have its web memberterminate at or near the ends of a pair. of flange elements,

.while the other end of such member will partition 12 introduced andforced down be tween the flange elements of the respective supports,thereby causing the studs 7 and 8 of the upright portions of thesupports to be thrust into the side walls 10 of the drawer. Longitudinalpartitions 13 and 14 may, in like manner, be engaged in supports securedto the drawer ends and transverse partitions. Ordinarily, thepenetration of the studs into the side walls will suffice to secure thesupports and the associated partition against displacement. To renderthe supports, however, able to withstand any liability of working looseshould the partitions shrink, as when green wood is used, I insertsupplementary fastening devices such as brads 15 through the holes ofthe lips 5 into the subjacent drawer side or partition, as the case maybe.

Among the advantages of the invention is the facility with which thesupports may be cut-to lengths and introduced and se- I cured inpredetermined positions, and when lip adapted to he t1 1rned to engage'struck-out portions formedin theweb meme be? and being rearwardlydirected relative t0 -the flange elemeiits and lecatedeafi :pclfits tie; a: 151; paigit lfia'y text-tamed ioaiyqms {ea 35.51 f aprimels. V r

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